The Feeding Program took care of malnourished children, pregnant mothers, tuberculosis patients and elderly people are given feedings until they regain weight.  When the Social Center started in 1983, the Volunteers discovered that majority of the children were malnourished and many had severe malnutrition.Feeding

The Social Center started the feeding center, mothers’ classes for health instructions, gave nutritional supplement and taught mothers to prepare low cost, nutritional food alternative herbal medicines through cooking demonstrations.

The BP kitchen with its Catering Services addresses the nutrition program of the beneficiaries of the SAAD, BPLC, and the Nutrition/Feeding Program.  The catering service ensures that BP offers safe and healthy food to its beneficiaries.

Feeding Program
Feeding Program

Then the mothers started an initiative in their own areas to cook for their children.  They contributed money, went to market, cook the food, prepared the meal, served the children and fixed everything in turn.  After some years, the Social Center able to eliminate severe malnutrition in the community.

Bukas Palad Feeding Program
Bukas Palad Feeding Program
Bukas Palad Feeding Program
Bukas Palad Feeding Program